Convicts Transferred to Atlanta Penitentiary Next Week
Charlestown long term prisoners will be moved to the new national penitentiary at Atlanta, Congress having funded the $38,000,000 facility. Notable inmates include Mate Bram, John Davis, Edward Wiggin, Fred Wilson, Dr. Robert Thompson, Morris Levinson, Louis Berkowitz, and others from counterfeit rings and post office burglary cases.
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Charlestown
National Penitentiary
Atlanta
Congress
R. V. Ladow
Department of Justice
Washington
Marshal Darling
Thomas M. Bram
Nash
Herbert Fuller
Banberg
High Seas
Bram
John Davis
Revere
Edward B. Wiggin
Fred B. Wilson
Robert Thompson
Thompson
Wiggin
Wilson
Worcester
Morris Levinson
Louis Berkowitz
Frank Webb
James F. Blake
John le Ban
Webb
Blake
Residents Treated After Savage Dog Attack in City
J. J. Cole of 4 Emery street Jamaica Plain and Philip Perdmerth of 94 Merrimac street West End were treated yesterday at Emergency Hospital for dog bites. Perdmerth, a peddler, was attacked while delivering goods, and Cole required stitching for a bite to his hand.
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J. J. Cole
Emery Street
Jamaica Plain
Philip Perdmerth
Merrimac Street
West End
Perdmuth
Cole
Man Survives Three Near Deaths at Charlestown Elevated
Albert S. Belknap of Medford narrowly escaped death three times on the City square Elevated structure. He wedged a foot between a guard and the rail, cut his shoe laces to free himself as a train passed, then sat 15 minutes on a beam before being rescued. He credits near sightedness for the misadventure and suffered a crushed shoe when trains ground it to pieces.
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Albert S. Belknap
Salem Street
Medford
City Square
Charlestown
James Morton
Belknap
Man Falls From Charlestown Bridge Rescued by Tug Crew
A man who identified himself as Barney Mulkern, 60, of Dorchester, plunged from the Charlestown bridge into the water while a tug passed through its draw. Captain Wilkie and the tug crew rescued him.
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Charlestown Bridge
Barney Mulkern
Hendry Street
Dorchester
Wilkie
Wood Pollard Employees Benefit dance marks first annual party
About 1000 attendees joined the first annual reception and dancing party by Wood, Pollard & Co. Employees' Benefit Association at Paul Revere Hall. A concert opened the program under James Pottinger with 46 members in the association and about 300 couples on the dance floor.
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Wood, Pollard & Co
Paul Revere Hall
Mechanics’ Building
James Pottinger
Dewey Square
A. W. Pollard
R. J. Owens
Capewell
Obermeyer
J. J. McDonald
J. J
Martin Carney
Fred J. Carrouth
Charles S. Mason
John E. Foster
Eugene Currier
George A. Knight
J. E. Ford
Walter W. Woodward
Charles E. McCarthy
C. R. Bailey
J. A. Dodd
C. A. Graham
Jerome Brown
C.S. Mason
Charles Holtz
William E. Smart
Policeman Fights Sailors Arrests After Brawl Near Hospital
Patrolman Walter Cavanagh of Station 1 arrested sailor William Durart of New York aboard the battleship New Jersey after a group of four sailors attacked him near the Relief Hospital. Durant was captured, but the other three freed him and then were repelled with the officer holding the trio at gunpoint. Cavanagh suffered facial injuries in the melee.
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Walter Cavanagh
Station 1
William Durart
New York
New Jersey
Cavanagh
Durant
Brewers Lose In Convention In Minneapolis
The American Federation of Labor at Minneapolis on November 28 settled jurisdiction disputes among brewery workers engineers firemen and teamsters by allowing separate charters for each group. Brewers argued all brewery related workers should join brewery workers while others claimed jurisdiction over trades now linked to brewers. The convention rejected Victor L Berger's resolution to keep affiliated bodies aloof from militia connections.
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Minneapolis, Minn
American Federation of Labor
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
Jury declares disagreement in Kidd suit for 75100 dollars
After seven hours and a half the jury in the United States Circuit Court found a disagreement in the case of Massachusetts Construction Company versus Charles G Kidd of Kirriemuir Scotland former company president.
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United States Circuit Court
Massachusetts Construction Company
Charles G. Kidd
Kirriemuir
Scotland
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Moise
U. S
Davis
Boston
Dolla Tv
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Medford Man
Fifty Cent
Deller Dey
Adler
Help
Ats
Hanover Streets
Brewers
A. F. of L
Jou
Ing Militia
Kidd
Phelan
Steptoe
Hotel Touraine
Our
Bingham” Derby
Boylston St
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